The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-12-16

| on for The laying on OF hanus one VI
them was seized with violent Mysteries.
| She was at once conveyed to the yes
try. whence er condision wSs distress.
inely evident during the progress oil
| the service, for the Mysteries were in
| the laughing variety. The girl was
followed out Of the church by her
mother and tic vicar lady, as woii
as by Mrs. Pybus-for the bishops
| wife was o relative OF the vicar OF
CRAWFORD, aud hadcome over with her
husband to the service. Be
tween them, they succeeded, after
a time, in restoring the
patient to calmness. Mrs. Holt, the
mother, then suggested q return to the
church. The mere suggestion, how
ever, threatened to bring about a
relapse, the girl protesting that she
could not go near the bishop again.
"How can you be so foolish, Mar
iory!" exclaimed Mrs. Holt With as
perity. What has the bishop got to
| do with it?"
"Oh, l can't look at him--indeed |
can't" cried Mariory.
"NWhy not, you silly child?"
Because - because -" MarjoTy
paused, and then bIurted out with a
burst Of h~ysterical laughter at therec-
election OF the episcopallawn. "Be.
| cause he looks so exactly like he did
in his nlght-shirt!"
What could she mean? The three
ladies looked at n another in amaze
ment. Mrs. Pybus was the first to
speak.
Come, my dear" she said. "Do
not let such silly fancies enter your
head at q solemn moment like this.
You have not seer the bishop in his
-ahem-night costume, you know"
eyes, l have" was the agitated re-
spouse. That is why l cannot 60 near
him. Oh, please take me away l am
better now"
Mrs. Pybus was fairly silenced. She
would have liked very much to ask
one or two questions, but was afraid
before her present audience. Mrs.
Holt'sfeeIing was very similar. The vi
cars wife muttered something about,
"DeIusion-a little over excited" and
proposed that Marjory should betaken
to the viCarage close at hand. To the
vicarage accordingly they all went.
There Mrs. Holt, as soon as they were
alone together, interrogated her
daughter somewhat sharply. She
succeeded, however, in extracting lit
tie beyond vague illusions to some
thing which had occurred on q recent
visit to town, coupled with references
to 'tMabel'-the cousin in whose
house Marjory had then been staying.
More mystified than ever, she commu-
niCated what she learned to the
wears wife, who, in turn, commune
Gated it to Mrs. Pybus, who went and
lay in wait for her lord and master
outside the vestry door. The first
ecclesiastic to emerge, however, at the
conclusion Of the service was not the
bishop, but the vicar, who hurried
across to the vicarage drawing-room
by himself. With evident agitation
he took Mrs. Holt aside, and whisper
ed something in her ear, which caused
the lady to start and change color.
"Indeedr' she exclaimed, in indig-
Dant tones; "then l must insist on
seeing his lordship at once. If he him
self states that he has seen Marjory
elsewhere, / consider that IhaVe a
right to the fullest explanation"
At that moment there was a shrek
from the sofa where Marjory lay, and
in an instant the girl sprang up and
rushed from the room. The ladies
again glanced significantly at one an
other, for at the same moment the
bishop OF Gravesend, accompanied by
Mrs. Pybus, entered by the window
which opened into the garden.
There was an awkward pause after
the bishop had taken his seat. Every
body looked to his lordship, as though
Tor explanation. The Bishop, how
ever, only shifted uneasilv on his seat,
and remarked how fortunate it was
that the rain had held of. Then the
vicar broke the ice by intimating that
Mrs. Holt, the mother of the young
lady. was desirous of hearing what
his lordship could tell respecting the
cause OF tie painful occurrence in the
church.
The bishops distress increased
He was by nature a bashful
man. How could he tell the story be-
lore three ladies? Nor was he think-
ing solely OF himself. He felt that his
duty to Mr.. Sargisson forbade him TO
make so discreditabIe a disclosure in
shatgentleman's absence. He glanced
nelplessly at the company through
MS spectacles. Then he saw Mrs.
watching him intently, and
knew that he must say something.
II appreciate your anxiety, my dear
madam he said, in a conciIiatory
tone, ard turning towards Mrs. Holt.
Il must admit that have recently
encountered your daughter under CIR
cumstances which Mem-make Il SUR
to meet b&T Ggain to-day. The
circumstance aowever. win doubtless
be explained. The fact is-ahem-an
obligation which I am under to d
third party iorbi6a me-a
Am / incorrect in supposinR, my
said Mrs. Holt, as the bishop
came to q hopeless pause, THAT the
third party you refer to Is my niece
Mabelg"